Reeling-machine.



' ATTDRNEY.

G. SIPP.

REELIN G MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9, 1911.

QJZ/TNESS 9 Patented June 16, 1914.

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G. SIPP.

REELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9, 1911.

Patented June 16, 1914.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR GRN SLPP.

COLUMBIA- P'LANOURAPH (IO-.WASHINGTON, u. 1:,

G. SIPP.

REELING MACHINE,

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9, 1911.

1,099,944. Patented June 16, 1914.

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G. SIPP.

REELIN G MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9, 1911.

1,099,944. I Patented June 16,1914.

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WITH/E8858 G jVfi/ITOI? I P. I WM W W ma 1.1, I I v v ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GRANT SIPP, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

REELING-MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GRANT Srrr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, 1n the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and use: ful Improvements in Reeling-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for winding silk and the like on reels, and 1t consists in certain improvements in such machines having for their objects to maintain the reel steady and true in its bearings while rotating, facilitate the mounting of the reel in and unshipping it from its supporting means and make the transmission of the power to certain mechanism, such as the usual clock for indicating the quantity of material wound and arresting the reel when a predetermined yardage has been wound and for producing the necessary traverse of the material being wound, dependent upon the presence of the reel in operative disposition in the machine.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein the invention is fully illustrated, Figure 1 is a front elevation of so much of a winding machine including my improvements as it is necessary to show for the purpose of their full illustration; Fig. 2 is a side elevation on a somewhat larger scale; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on line m-:c of Fig. 1, looking toward the left; Fig. 4 is a plan view, partly in section, of so much of the parts shown in Fig. 3 as are concerned in supporting one end of the reel; Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a certain bracket appearing in Fig. 3 and the part of the brake mechanism which is carried by said bracket; Fig. 6, 7 and 8 are views of the clutch-members; Fig. 9 is a plan view of the elements involved in the other part of the brake mechanism; and, Figs. 10 and. 11 show the socket for the free end of the reel shaft in end elevation and in section.

The frame of the machine comprises a series of uprights a secured in rigid relation to each other in some well known manner, as by the central rail 72 and spool-supporting rails 0, there being one such rail 0 at each side of the machine. The supply spools are indicated at cl and the material to be reeled extends around the guide-rods e and then up through the eyelets f on the traverse rails g reciprocating in suitable guides h and it.

There are two sets of reels one at each side of the machine and each reel comprises a Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 16 1914 App1ication filed June 9, 1911.

Serial No. 632,182.

shaft 2', the radial arms j and the staves 7c. The left-hand end of each reel is supported as follows: In a bracket Z bolted to the right hand face of each upright is fulcrumed a forked carrier m (Figs. 1 to 5) in which is journaled a shaft 11 carrying at its left-hand end a bevel-pinion 0. Splined on the right hand protruding portion of the shaft 01, is a friction wheel 29 which forms the driving member for the reel. Between the carrier and the friction wheel 39 a washer g is interposed. At the other side of the friction wheel 1) is a disk r carrying parallel pins 8, projecting to the right, and coiled about these pins are the springs t. Said springs are housed in bores 14 in a clutch member c which is fixed to the shaft by the pin w, the springs being adapted to be compressed between the ends of the bores and the disk 1'. The tendency of the springs is to force the clutch member, the shaft pinned thereto and the pinion 0 to the right into the dotted line position indicated in Fig. 4t and the member p to the left, holding it against the support or carrier m. An end elevation of the clutch member v appears in Fig. 8. The left-hand end of the reel shaft 2' is provided with the clutch-member a2 (Fig. 7 adapted to mate with the clutch member '0.

.The right hand end of the reel shaft 11 is supported as followsaReferring to Figs. 1, l0 and 11, 3/ is a bearing-bracket bolted to the left-hand face of each relatively right-hand upright and formed with an upwardly opening socket a to receive the righthand end of the shaft 2'. 2 is a pin or screw which, when the shaft 2' rests in the socket 2, assumes the axial thrust of said shaft, said pin being rendered adjustable by a setscrew 3. The bracket y is provided with a guide-way 4 inclined toward the left and terminating at the socket.

According to the construction which I have described it will be seen that the reel is separable from the driving member and pinion 0 therefor, and may be removed from the machine leaving these parts therein, contrary to the usual construction in which the driving member and pinion are mounted on the reel shaft and make the reel unduly heavy, cumbersome and awkward to handle, as in removing the skeins therefrom. When the reel in the present instance is to be placed in the machine the clutch members w and c are engaged with each other, whereupon the right-handend of the reel shaft 6 is pressed down against the guideway 4 and wipes over the same until it finally rests in the socket a, the springs t yielding at this time. The springs maintain the shaft 2' in constant contact with the pin or screw 2 when the reel is rotating, so that the latter is always centered or true and lateral lost-motion thereof prevented.

Fixed to the left-hand side of each upright a is a mechanism 5 whereby the rotation of the adjoining reel is stopped when a predetermined amount of silk has been reeled. This mechanism, termed a clock, is fully illustrated in my Letters Patent No. 723624 and requires no further description than to remark that itincludes a pendulum 6 to actuate the stopping mechanism and carries a revoluble shaft 7 having a bevelpinion 8 to mesh with the bevel-pinion o and a crank 9 Whose crank-pin 10 engages the slotted arm 11 of the adjoining traverse ra il g, so that the rotary movement of the frictionwheel p is transmitted (converted into a reciprocating motion) to the traverse rail. The rotation of the shaft 7 not only effects reciprocation of the traverse rail but operates the clock. And, it being observed that when the reel is removed from the machine the springs 25 cause the pinion 0 to be moved out of engagement with the pinion 8, the clock and traverse mechanism are protected from being operated (as by accidental rotation of the friction wheel p) except during the actual reeling operation. It will be observed that the gear or pinion 8 limits left-hand movement of the clutchincluding member comprising parts 12, n and 0 by contact with said pinion of the pinion or gear 0. The device 2 therefore serves as means not only to assume righthand thrust of the reel under pressure of the springs t but to adjust and hold the reel and said member up to the limit afforded by the pinion 8, thereby eliminating lost.

motion between the pinions 0 and 8 and insuring their proper cooperation.

In the reeling operation, the pendulum 6 is influenced from the clock so as gradually to move away from the perpendicular, until it is finally released and, being thus allowed to swing back, actuates the mechanism for stopping the rotation of the reel. 12 is a bracket secured to the adjoining upright a and having at 13 a head in which is fixed a shaft 14 aifordinga fulcrum for a lever comprising an arm 15 abutting against one side of said head, an arm 16 at the other side of (but spaced from) said head and a web 17 connecting the said arms, said web carrying a third arm 18. To this third arm is bolted an upright weighted arm 19 carrying a set screw 20 normally resting against a stop 21. When the pendu lum ti is released and swings back it strikes the broad end 15 of the arm 15 of the lever ing rounded as shown in Fig. 2 to form a cam and standing below and normally close to but not in contact with the friction wheel 7). hen the lever 23 is thus moved by the other lever and swings to the right in Fig. '2' 1ts cam-shaped end-portion impinges against the periphery of the friction wheel and acts both as a brake thereon and to elevate said friction wheel, which turns with the carrier m on the fulcrum of the latter.

The lever 23 and a resetting lever 25 are fulcrumed on the shaft 14 between the head 13 and arm 16, the raising of the right-hand end of lever 25 in Fig. 2 causing its lefthand end to engage the stud 26 on the lever 23 to return the same to its normal position,

"such movement of the lever 23 operating, by the engagement of its stud 22 with the arm 16, to return the lever including said arm to the position where the set screw 20 rests against the stop 21.

It is important in these machines to stop the reel when the occasion arises (as when the predetermined amount of silk has been reeled) practically instantaneously, yet with as little jar and vibration as possible. This is accomplished in the present instance by in effect clamping the friction wheel 7) between two braking members, one of which is the lever 23 and the other of which will now be described.

The upper end of the bracket Z has the projection 27 in which is fixed a pin 28 protruding therefrom at both ends. This pin forms a fulcrum for a lever 29 which is J -shaped when viewed from the right in Fig. 5, the pin penetrating the hook-shaped portion of said lever. Projecting from the right of the lever as seen in Fig. 5 is a. toe 30 which is normally held against a set-screw 31 in the bracket Z by a spring 32 connecting the lever with the bracket. Projecting from the left of the le Iver as seen in Fig. 5 is an extension 33 carrying a friction pad 34, of leather or the like, directly above and slightly spaced from the periphery of the friction wheel 7). When the friction wheel is engaged and raised by the brake-lever 23 it is forced against the friction-pad of the brake-lever 29, which yields slightly, the two brake-levers clamping the friction wheel between them and bringing the same to a substantially instantaneous stop, without undue jar or shock. The distance which the friction wheel may move under the influence of the brake-lever 23 before being engaged by the brake-lever 29 may be regulated by adjusting the setscrew 31. Should occasion require, the brake-lever 29 may be swung back on its fulcrum to rest against the pad 34E carried by bracket Z, the upper end of said lever forming a handle for this purpose.

The several friction wheels p normally rest on the friction wheels 35 constituting transmission members carried by the rotary shaft 36 which is journaled in the uprights a and may be driven in any suitable manner. hen any brake-lever 23 engages its friction wheel to clamp it bet-ween said lever and the brake-lever 29 it of course first moves it out of contact with the friction wheel 35.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination, with a reel having opposite supporting portions, of means in which to removably support the reel including a bearing member for one of said supporting portions, the same affording a thrust-bearing therefor, and a. revoluble clutch-member interlocked with the other of said supporting portions and spring-pressed toward the bearing member and thereby holding the reel against said thrust-bearing, one of said members having a socket receiving the supporting portion appertaining thereto and opening transversely of the reel axis, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a reel having opposite supporting portions, of means in which to removably support the reel including a bearing member for one of said supporting portions, the same affording a thrust-bearing therefor, and a revoluble clutch-member interlocked with the other of said supporting portions and spring-pressed toward the bearing member and thereby holding the reel against said thrust-bearing, one of said members having a socket receiving the supporting portion appertaining thereto and opening transversely of the reel axis and an oblique guideway leading to the socket, substantially as described.

3. In combination, a revoluble reel having its axis horizontal and an axial supporting projection at one end thereof, a socket receiving and affording a bearing for said projection and thereby supporting the reel at one end thereof, an adjusting screw axially alined with the reel and arranged in said socket, and means, holding the reel against said screw, for supporting the other end of said reel, substantially as described.

4:. In combination, with a suitable support, a reel, means, j ournaled in the support, for supporting one end of and rotating the reel including coaXially arranged driving and clutch members interlocked for rotation together, said clutch-member being movable longitudinally of its axis, said support having a thrust-bearing for the other end of the reel, and elastic means interposed between the clutch member and driving member and normally pressing the latter thrustwise against the support, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a supportin means, a reel journaled in and removable fiom the supporting means, traverse mechanism to be driven in synchrony with the reel, and means for driving said mechanism including a power-transmitting member also journaled in the supporting means and movable therein into and out of power-transmitting engagement with said mechanism and controlled as to such movement by the reel, substantially as described.

6. The combination of a supporting means. a reel journaled in and removable from the supporting means, traverse mechanism to be driven in synchrony with the reel, and means for driving said mechanism including a power transmitting member also ournaled in the supporting means and held in power-transmitting engagement with said mechanism by the reel but normally movable in the supporting means out of powertransmitting engagement with said mechanism, substantially as described.

7. The combination of a supporting means, a reel journaled in and removable from the supp'ortingimeans, clock mechanism to be driven insynohrony with the reel, and means for driving said mechanism including a power-transmitting member also journaled in the supporting means and movable therein into and out of power-transmitting engagement with said mechanism and controlled as to such movement by the reel, substantially as described.

8. The combination of a supporting means, a reel journaled in and removable from the supporting means, clock mechanism to be driven in synchrony with the reel, and means for driving said mechanism including a power-transmitting member also journaled in the supporting means and held in power-transmitting engagement with said mechanism by the reel but normally movable in the supporting means out of powertransmitting engagement with said mechanism, substantially as described.

9. The combination of a revoluble reel, bearing means removably sustaining one end of the reel, and means for sustaining the other end of the reel including a support pivoted on an axis extending transversely of the reel axis and a clutch member separably clutched to the other end of the reel and journaled in the support, substantially as described.

10. The combination of a revoluble reel, bearing means removably sustaining one end of the reel, means for sustaining the other end of the reel including a support pivoted on an axis extending transversely of the reel and a rotary transmission member sustaining the other end of the reel and journaled in said support, and a traverse mechanism to be driven in synchrony with the reel, said member being held operatively engaged with said mechanism by the reel but being shiftable in the support out of engagement therewith upon removal of the reel, substantially as described.

11-. The combination of a revoluble reel, bearing means removably sustaining one end of the reel, means for sustaining the other end of the reel including a support pivoted on an axis extending transversely of the reel and a rotary transmission member sustain ing the other end of the reel and journaled in said support, and aclock mechanism to be driven in synchrony with the reel, said member being held operatively engaged with said mechanism by the reel but being shiftable in the support out of engagement therewith upon removal of the reel, substantially as I described.

12. In combination, the reel, a supporting structure, a rotary clutch-ineluding member journaled in said structure and interlocked With one end of and axially alined with the reel and spring-pressed toward the latter andcarrying a gear, traverse mechanism to be driven including a gear meshing with the first gear and limiting the movement of said member axially relatively away from the reel, and means in said structure affording a bearing for the other end of said reel and including a thrust-assuming device for the reel adjustable longitudinally of the axis of the latter, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GRANT SIPP.

Witnesses JOHN W. STEWARD, WM. D. BELL.

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